In-the-tank fuel pumps cause death and destruction

"Thomas Moats" > wrote in message
...
> Fishing troll.
> "Nomen Nescio" > wrote in message
> ...
> A Google search found two serious fires, happening on the same day,

<<Snippage>>

No shiite.

Lessee...if we all gave up cars we could save 45,000 lives a year, no wait,
we'd also have to give up transportation of medicines too...so maybe we'd
have a net savings of 22,000 lives a year...ooops, death by horse
accidents...ok, we save 11,000 lives a year...but those 11,000 starve
because there's no way to transport the food from farm to market.

Ok, let's all just commit suicide now and save everyone the bother of
living.

You play the game you take your chances...

The world was made with corners and no amount of doo-doo-gooder wishful
thinking is going to change this from a zero sum game. Carpe diem...or get
out of the way and stop trying to save me from myself.

Cripes.

Richard

"Thomas Moats" > wrote in message
...
> Fishing troll.
> "Nomen Nescio" > wrote in message
> ...
> A Google search found two serious fires, happening on the same day,

<<Snippage>>

No shiite.

Lessee...if we all gave up cars we could save 45,000 lives a year, no wait,
we'd also have to give up transportation of medicines too...so maybe we'd
have a net savings of 22,000 lives a year...ooops, death by horse
accidents...ok, we save 11,000 lives a year...but those 11,000 starve
because there's no way to transport the food from farm to market.

Ok, let's all just commit suicide now and save everyone the bother of
living.

You play the game you take your chances...

The world was made with corners and no amount of doo-doo-gooder wishful
thinking is going to change this from a zero sum game. Carpe diem...or get
out of the way and stop trying to save me from myself.

Cripes.

Richard

"Nomen Nescio" > wrote in message
...

> All three ran outside, but Russ went back in and was trapped when the roof
> collapsed, Fire Battalion Chief Victor Pennington said.

And thus I present to him the Darwin Award.

--
Scott Ehardt
http://www.scehardt.com

"Nomen Nescio" > wrote in message
...

> All three ran outside, but Russ went back in and was trapped when the roof
> collapsed, Fire Battalion Chief Victor Pennington said.

And thus I present to him the Darwin Award.

--
Scott Ehardt
http://www.scehardt.com

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:52:44 GMT, "Scott Ehardt"
> wrote:

>"Nomen Nescio" > wrote in message
.. .
>
>> All three ran outside, but Russ went back in and was trapped when the roof
>> collapsed, Fire Battalion Chief Victor Pennington said.
>
>And thus I present to him the Darwin Award.

Now if he was going back in "to save a dog" he'd be a typical Darwin
winner.

Just a shame that no one has invented a "fire extinguisher" yet to
deal with such a circumstance. Though I suppose working with
Gasoline, a fire is the last thing you'd suspect. :-)

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:52:44 GMT, "Scott Ehardt"
> wrote:

>"Nomen Nescio" > wrote in message
.. .
>
>> All three ran outside, but Russ went back in and was trapped when the roof
>> collapsed, Fire Battalion Chief Victor Pennington said.
>
>And thus I present to him the Darwin Award.

Now if he was going back in "to save a dog" he'd be a typical Darwin
winner.

Just a shame that no one has invented a "fire extinguisher" yet to
deal with such a circumstance. Though I suppose working with
Gasoline, a fire is the last thing you'd suspect. :-)

Al Smith wrote:

>
> First the disclaimer. I could be wrong, but . . .
>
> Every in-tank fuel pump I know of requires that the tank be
> removed from the vehicle. Perhaps they tried to sleaze-repair
> by not draining the tank. Or maybe they substantially drained
> the tank, but not completely. If the pump were external as has
> been conventional for decades, the tank wouldn't have to be
> drained and removed to safely remove the fuel pump.

Yup, you are wrong.

Rob

Al Smith wrote:

>
> First the disclaimer. I could be wrong, but . . .
>
> Every in-tank fuel pump I know of requires that the tank be
> removed from the vehicle. Perhaps they tried to sleaze-repair
> by not draining the tank. Or maybe they substantially drained
> the tank, but not completely. If the pump were external as has
> been conventional for decades, the tank wouldn't have to be
> drained and removed to safely remove the fuel pump.

Yup, you are wrong.

Rob

Al Smith wrote:


>
> Story 2
>
> "Travis and Prowers County Rural Fire Chief Marvin Rosencrans said the fire
> began when mechanics were attempting to drain a fuel tank on a vehicle in
> the mechanic shop to replace a fuel pump. A fuel transfer pump developed an
> electrical short, which triggered the blaze."
>
> Kind of self-explanatory, isn't it?
>

Yup... it had little to nothing to do with the actual fuel pump - it was
faulty tools and/or techniques.

Rob

Al Smith wrote:


>
> Story 2
>
> "Travis and Prowers County Rural Fire Chief Marvin Rosencrans said the fire
> began when mechanics were attempting to drain a fuel tank on a vehicle in
> the mechanic shop to replace a fuel pump. A fuel transfer pump developed an
> electrical short, which triggered the blaze."
>
> Kind of self-explanatory, isn't it?
>

Yup... it had little to nothing to do with the actual fuel pump - it was
faulty tools and/or techniques.

Rob